Certain it was that neither about the lady's person, nor in the appearance of the railway carriage, was there the slightest sign of struggle or even of resistance.

Only the look in the poor woman's eyes spoke of sudden terror, of the rapid vision of an unexpected and violent death, which probably only lasted an infinitesimal fraction of a second, but which had left its indelible mark upon the face, otherwise so placid and so still." "The body of the deceased was conveyed to the mortuary.

So far, of course, not a soul had been able to identify her, or to throw the slightest light upon the mystery which hung around her death.
"Against that, quite a crowd of idlers--genuinely interested or not--obtained admission to view the body, on the pretext of having lost or mislaid a relative or a friend.

At about 8.30 p.m.a young man, very well dressed, drove up to the station in a hansom, and sent in his card to the superintendent.

It was Mr.Hazeldene, shipping agent, of 11, Crown Lane, E.C., and No.